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I really wouldn't be too concerned about an earth at this point, maybe think about that later if you experience high levels of noise. An antenna outside will always work better, as the signals don't have to pass through your roof to get to the antenna, but you should still get a good enough...

Wrapping copper wire around your pole will not work, your manual is correct. Gotta agree with Beetle, scrap the lot but keep the pole as a support for another antenna. None of the TV antenna you have up will work for shortwave. If you wanted to listen to the VHF/UHF amateur bands then they...

well seeing as all the advice I got here I thought you deserved to see a few pics, it's still a work in progress, but it is working very well, Couldn't find any alluminium plate, so used some wood I had in the shed instead, and braced it to make the X section, I have now sourced some...

wow, what the hell is that thing? Crossed yagi reflector but whats going on with that driven element? I'm sure it will, difference being that Joe Gun thing should be better for skip as it looks dual polarity so should reduce signal fade, allthough it will have less gain. Just to throw...

you might be intersted to have a look here... http://www.eham.net/review It gets some very mixed reviews, but may give you some ideas for an alternative. Portable sets I can't really help you with, I've never used, wanted or needed one, but if you do decide to buy a home based receiver...

sounds like more trouble than it's worth, I just solder the copper wire to a ring crimp, then drill the alli and put a bolt through, works every time.

I'm in the same boat, money is tight here also, but at the moment I think it's the same for everyone. There is no such thing as failure, if it works the first time you have done something wrong !!! Antenna's are not rocket science, if you build one and it doesn't work, you just have to go...

It's a Vauxhall/Opel Astra G, same car thats in the pic with the yagi. I installed taxi meters and VHF radio's for a few years so I picked up a few tricks of the trade :) I just pulled out the DIN pocket and drilled a hole in the back to run the seperation cable through and flush mounted the...

lol, I do have a hammer too, I just didn't need to use it for this project :tt2: I just meant to say my tools are limited, no specialist stuff found here. I suppose it's not that difficult to make a tuning ring, and it might be something to try in the future, but I had some wire so it was...

sorry, I was refering to the panel mounts rusting up if they aren't fitted properly, the mag mounts can only do that if you don't clean the base before you put them on and anything stuck to them can scratch the paint off

thanks Booty, I only started the thread, it's the people who replied that really made the thread :) I did consider the open coil approach, but I really don't have the tools to fabricate something like that, so it was quickly dismissed. I suppose it could be quite easily done though if you...

well I've never tested it with CB antennea, but I worked for a number of years fitting VHF antennae on vehicles, mainy taxis but some other stuff too. The first thing we would advise to a customer was to panel mount the antenna, only if they were stuborn as hell would we ever fit a mag mount. It...

Yeah I'll pull some wire off then before I try it out, I just found a short length of antenna wire lying around and just wound it all on, better to have it too long than too short :wink: . I'm only spending about an hour on it each day, but it's coming along nicely, just need to add the ground...

thanks for that bud, it gives me a good starting point. At the moment I have the main element I'm going to use, which is a shade under 22 feet in length, rather than change the bottom part of the half wave silver rod for a longer piece, I changed the top piece for half of the reflector from a...

I didn't have any trouble finding it... its right here, in the thread I started... http://www.worldwidedx.com/cb-antennas/35605-5-8-wave-coil.html

thanks Doc, reason I asked that is because any vertical I have disected uses the "tapped coil" method, and also I've noticed the specs on antenna's seem to make a point of mentioning that they are DC grounded to prevent static buildup. I've even seen claims by people on other forums that a...

Just a quick vid to show the mobile install for you all, camera work is a bit dodgy but you'll get the idea, oh and all the poles in the car are for my home made 2 ele cubical quad...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9hPtQpobBw No big amps on show there, I believe in letting the antenna...

There's some food for thought, as its not DC grounded though, would that not be asking for problems with static build up?

Thats a very good point and one I'd not really considered, if I go for a .64 wave, purely out of habbit I would have calculated the length of the pole for the centre frequency of the bandwidth I usually operate in. Its very rare that I will QSY more than 100KHz away from the design fequency...

This is my first post here so hi to everyone, There are a some familiar names here I recognise from other forums I use and no doubt some of you may know me.... anyway, I have a 1/2 wave silver rod that I removed the matching coil from years ago to use on 20M as a 1/4 wave with radials...